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BLOTTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
Synonyms:
blotter; charge sheet; day book; police blotter; rap sheet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blotter" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Absorbent paper used to dry ink
Synonyms:
blotter; blotting paper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blotter" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Derivation:
blot (dry (ink) with blotting paper)